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UTR #56

In 1978, the living Mormon prophet received a revelation that Blacks can now hold the priesthood. We recently interviewed James the Mormon, an LDS rapper whose album went #1 on iTunes, and asked him about this. We played Bill McKeever (Mormonism Research Ministry) clips from the interview and got Bill’s response, especially on the Priesthood and black Mormons.

UTR #50

James the Mormon is a skilled Mormon MC. Heheard when we played his hip hop track on Joseph Smith’s First Vision account. James also heard our show when we discussed LDS rap and Mormon minorities – and he wanted to respond. This show is the result: incredibly intriguing, ultra enlightening and maximally interesting! The discussion was so enrapturing we went way over time. Way. Over. But. So. Worth. It.

Special Guest: James the Mormon (read his blog about his “Restoration” track)

UTR#37

Our guest is a Utah-based Christian rapper (he raps our intro song). We chop it up on Mormon hip hop, the LDS “mainstreaming” project, BYU and Provo, Utah culture. We focus on LDS rap and minorities in the Mormon community. We end with a Star Trek rap parody song by a Mormon rapper – true story.

UTR#36

Joseph Smith is the founder of Mormonism and the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-Day Saints. His claim to be a prophet chosen to restore the church rests on the story of his first vision. We talk about its significance within Mormon theology and play a hip hop song about it by an LDS rapper.

Special Guest: Aaron Shafovaloff, evangelist and blogger at Mormon Coffee